Adrian Delia, a lawyer and an outsider to the political sphere, has confirmed that he will be contesting the Nationalist Party leadership race in September.  Delia is the first contender to have confirmed his interest in the position being vacated by Simon Busuttil in the wake of the party's defeat at the 3 June polls.

In an interview with The Malta Independent on Sunday being published in tomorrow's issue, Delia advocates getting in touch with the people and that he is in a perfect position, as a non-politician, to do so.

He says in the interview: "I think that we need enthusiasm, conviction and energy to get out there and pass on our message to the people one by one.  People can sometimes be numbers in a political campaign but we need to look at every member of the entire electorate, at the citizens irrespective of partisan politics and convince every single one of them that together we can create a better country."

Read the full interview in tomorrow's edition of The Malta Independent on Sunday.